Zhu Yigui
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Zhu Yigui was the leader of the Taiwan
ese anti-Manchu
uprising of the early 1721.
He came from a peasant family of Zhangzhou
Fujian
ese ancestry, he lived in the village of Lohanmen located in the area of today's district of Kaohsiung
, there he worked raising ducks and was a respected member of the local community. In 1721 an earthquake
wrought havoc to Lohanmen, even more the prefect of the island, Wang Zhen
, not only kept collecting heavy taxes even among the impoverished people who lost their possessions with the earthquake.
Zhu Yigui was one of those who rosed in rebellion and his good reputation among the locals gave him enough followers so that in April 19 he attacked and captured the city of Gangshan. Other rebel leaders acted on the island so that the Qing authorities were heavily pressured. Hakka
, Fujianese and Taiwanese aborigines
rallied in revolt against the Han people
and the Manchu authorities.
Zhu Yigui and Du Junying combined their forces and launched an attack on Tainan
, the administrative capital of the island, which felled almost without a fight. The Qing authorities retreated to Penghu. The rebel army continued its movement on the western coastal plains. In May 1 Zhu Yigui took the title of Zhongxing Wang (Reviving King) and the name Yong He (Enduring Peace), he also established an administration reminiscent of the Ming era.
His power started to weaken after disputes with Du Junying, disastrously this occurred at the same time that the Manchu government, organized an expedition against the rebels. The Imperial forces commanded by Shi Shipiao and Lan Tingzhen, landed on June 16 and in June 28 Zhu Yigui was captured and executed.
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese anti-Manchu
Manchu
The Manchu people or Man are an ethnic minority of China who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels , they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which...
uprising of the early 1721.
He came from a peasant family of Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. Located on the banks of the Jiulong River , Zhangzhou borders the cities of Xiamen and Quanzhou to the northeast, Longyan City to the northwest and the province of Guangdong to the southwest.Zhangzhou...
Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
ese ancestry, he lived in the village of Lohanmen located in the area of today's district of Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
, there he worked raising ducks and was a respected member of the local community. In 1721 an earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
wrought havoc to Lohanmen, even more the prefect of the island, Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a Chinese political figure and one of the Eight Immortals of the Communist Party of China.-Early years:Like most Chinese communist leaders, Wang was a commander in his early years...
, not only kept collecting heavy taxes even among the impoverished people who lost their possessions with the earthquake.
Zhu Yigui was one of those who rosed in rebellion and his good reputation among the locals gave him enough followers so that in April 19 he attacked and captured the city of Gangshan. Other rebel leaders acted on the island so that the Qing authorities were heavily pressured. Hakka
Hakka people
The Hakka , sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak the Hakka language and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China....
, Fujianese and Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...
rallied in revolt against the Han people
Han people
Han people may refer to:* Han Chinese , the majority ethnic group of China.* Han , an indigenous people of North America.* Koreans , whose ethnicity can also be called "Han" in the Korean language....
and the Manchu authorities.
Zhu Yigui and Du Junying combined their forces and launched an attack on Tainan
Tainan
Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...
, the administrative capital of the island, which felled almost without a fight. The Qing authorities retreated to Penghu. The rebel army continued its movement on the western coastal plains. In May 1 Zhu Yigui took the title of Zhongxing Wang (Reviving King) and the name Yong He (Enduring Peace), he also established an administration reminiscent of the Ming era.
His power started to weaken after disputes with Du Junying, disastrously this occurred at the same time that the Manchu government, organized an expedition against the rebels. The Imperial forces commanded by Shi Shipiao and Lan Tingzhen, landed on June 16 and in June 28 Zhu Yigui was captured and executed.